A creative team I started working with recently has decided to ignore my every comment. They take feedback from anyone else but me, and whenever I push them to make said changes, they just pick fights and make snarky comments. Anyone have any idea why this might be?

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Are you asking them to use comic sans?

in all seriousness, that’s a very unprofessional response from their end. Have you noticed that others give feedback in a different manner that may get a better response? Such as mixing in positive notes along with reasoning - example, “this is working well because X, but this other part could be improved in X way because X”. Also, avoid vague feedback like “it’s not there yet”. Constructive criticism is a dance of its own, honestly.

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Are you in an agency? Because I only take direction from my creative director.

Have you thought of sitting the CD down showing them examples and asking why?

Sounds like they got it out for you for some reason. Have you tried talking it out with one of the team members? Maybe you should take it up with a superior and get an idea of what could be the issue

This team may be feeling resentful towards you because you're pushing them to make changes that they don't agree with. Anyways, that is a very unprofessional way of handling it. Try and talk to a member of the team or to any superior

How do you give feedback to this team? Perhaps they are used to other types of feedback and think your comments are criticisms or personal attacks for some reason

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